Fans Blast at Warner Bros. For Using AI Generated Dogs to Promote Their New Film
Warner Bros. used an AI dog podcast clip to market the sci-fi action film, drawing praise from some Instagram users and criticism from others over AI use.
- Warner Bros. teamed with the AI dog podcast DogPack to promote the upcoming sci-fi action film The End of Oak Street, featuring an interview with the canine actor Starbuck.
- Writer-Director David Robert Mitchell created The End of Oak Street, which follows a suburban family surviving a dinosaur horde after space-time transport. Bad Robot producer Abrams backed the project, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor.
- The 90-second podcast clip features AI hosts Goldie and Frenchie interviewing Starbuck, who is animated using uncanny AI effects. Starbuck said, "Ewan McGregor was excellent with treats," praising Hathaway's training ability.
- Warner Bros. shared the video across its socials, drawing mixed reactions. One commenter wrote, "Billion dollar company using AI," while another comment with over 400 likes questioned, "So is this an AI movie or????"
- During a recent press event, Abrams stated that he believed in Oak Street because "is because it" is a high-concept blockbuster anchored by real family dynamics, with each character harboring secrets.
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To promote her new science fiction film, "The End of the Street", Warner Bros. decided to bet on unconventional interviewers: two dogs created by artificial intelligence. The studio joined the "DogPack", podcast presented by AI-generated versions of a golden retriever named Goldie and a French bulldog named Frenchie, to publicize the long, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor', which debuts next Thursday (13).
Fans Blast at Warner Bros. For Using AI Generated Dogs to Promote Their New Film
Warner Bros. has sparked major backlash after using AI-generated dogs to promote its upcoming sci-fi film, The End of Oak Street.link { text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-decoration-color: #db0000; text-underline-position: under; }. The unusual promotional stunt has quickly drawn attention online, with viewers questioning why a major studio chose artificial intelligence for a campaign surrounding …
'I Was Going to See This Movie. Now I Won't' — The End of Oak Street Ridiculed Online After Warner Bros. Promotes New Movie With 'Embarrassing' AI Dog Podcast
Warner Bros. is under fire after it collaborated with an AI dog podcast to promote Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway's new movie, The End of Oak Street.You've probably seen trailers for the sci-fi film and its next-door-neighbor dinosaur story in the last few months. Helmed by It Follows director David Robert Mitchell and produced by J. J. Abrams, The End of Oak Street follows Greg (McGregor), Denise (Hathaway), and the rest of the Platt family af…
AI-Generated Ad for 'The End of Oak Street' Draws Backlash for Warner Bros.
An official promotional video for Warner Bros. Discovery’s upcoming sci-fi thriller “The End of Oak Street” has been met by significant online backlash over its usage of AI-generated animation. The advertisement is a partnership between the film studio and dog-owner social media app DogPack. DogPack produces “The Dogbone Podcast,” a scripted podcast that employs AI-generated animation and vocals to stage conversations between canines about “what…
Warner Bros. Uses AI Dog Podcast to Promote ‘The End of Oak Street’: ‘Ewan McGregor Was Excellent With Treats’
Warner Bros. has teamed with the AI dog podcast “DogPack” to promote its upcoming sci-fi action film “The End of Oak Street.” The 90-second podcast clip, hosted by an AI golden retriever named Goldie and an AI French bulldog named Frenchie, features an interview with Starbuck, who plays Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor’s dog in “Oak Street.” Starbuck, of course, is also animated using uncanny AI effects. In the opening moments of the interview,…
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